tychosmoose

How about creating your own LAN within the untrusted network?

Something like an inexpensive OpenWRT router would do fine. Connect all your devices and the server to the router. They are now on a trusted network. Set up Wireguard on the OpenWRT router to connect to Proton so that your outbound traffic from all your devices is secured.

Maybe a ~~picture~~ pitcher will help.

Missed an opportunity there.

Of course it's Australia. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/31/cane-toads-python-escape-storm-northern-australia-kununurra

Team hankie! I like to think of mine as the towel recommended by Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was just oversight that I didn't have mine in my recent share.

I start every day with oysters and champagne just to make that sadsack spin in his grave. Well, that and to awaken the sexual appetite.

For me it depends on the trip, preferably a bag as light as possible on its own.

For a 1-6 week trip with a lot of walking, it's: Mountain Hardware JMT 35L

This is my favorite overall right now. It's an internal frame pack in a rational shape for carry-on use on planes and trains (not too tall, or strongly curved, or lacking a flat bottom like some trekking packs). Weight is just under 1.2kg (2lb 10oz), so it doesn't take a lot of the limit for the bag itself. And it's very comfortable to carry. It has well-designed cinch straps to keep it close to your back. It's usable, cinched down, as a day pack for hikes at the destination. And it has very stretchy bottle holders and a stowable stretch panel on the back, so it'll easily carry 4 tall 1L bottles and a big jacket on the outside. I use lightweight packing cubes in it since it loads from the top.

For more space, longer trips, or when I need to fit my camera kit, I take a ~10 year old: Patagonia Headway MLC 45

It has been on more than a year's worth of travel with me over the last 10 years. It's easier to pack, and looks nicer than an outdoor pack and is still only ~1.5kg. But with no belt nor frame I don't want it on my back for more than a few kilometers at a time fully loaded. I'm glad to see the current MLC has cinch straps and a belt.

For trips under 1 week I'm likely to pick: Fjällräven Greenland Top Large/30L

It's simple, 800g (1lb 12oz), and is a good shape to fit under most airline seats as long as it's not stuffed. There is no organization, it has few pockets, and the bottle pockets are skinny and don't stretch. But it's lightweight for its volume, has a good structure on its own, and it has held up well as both a weekend bag and for carrying picnics into the woods on a hike.

Same

But that’s the fun!

Agent of chaos, eh? Or are you sentient mint building your terrestrial army?

I'm not a potatologist, but it seems like it should be fine to let it grow in there for a couple more weeks. It's happy there, and that's the main thing.

Then transplant it to a big bin/pot/raised bed or the ground outside. If it's root bound just cut down on the sides of the root tangle and detangle them a bit before planting. Put a big clear plastic tub/tote over it at night if it will be frosty.

Ha! My kingdom for some flatware!

Yeah, it's not often. Normally a few times per month probably. More often than the bottle opener and less than the scissors.

In a normal day it's only in my pocket if I know I'll need it, hoping to avoid disposable utensils when I'm already planning to eat in a setting where that would be the default. It's on me every day when I carry a bag or a backpack.

I also travel a good bit. When I'm on the road it gets used at least once per day - often multiple times in a day.

It will be similar but not the same. Tvarog & quark are more acidic. So it will have a tartness you may or may not like. With cottage cheese there is more rennet for curdling, the curd is cut like with cheese production, and the curd is heated and washed, producing a more firm and less sour curd. Then cream is added.

So try it and see what you think. If it is too sour you could try and find a very soft fresh cheese it might be closer to the curd you are familiar with and add cream to that.

In the end though, cottage cheese is an industrial product, with all kinds of bioengineering involved (like special bacteria strains that produce diacetyl for a buttery flavor). So any hacks will be unlikely to duplicate the flavor and texture exactly. It's probably worth learning to love the local stuff.

Yes indeed. Everyone arriving goes through immigration, collects bags, clears customs; and only then may proceed to the exit, or recheck bags and go back through security to catch a connecting flight.

The only exception is if you originated at a pre-clearance airport and did the immigration stuff before departure. But that means you still need a visa. And it's only at a handful of airports in Canada, Ireland, UAE and the Caribbean.